Articles from February 11, 2016

There is great spiritual power in coupling our prayers with fasting. Fasting humbles us and moves us to repentance. Ezra utilized fasting for just this purpose among the people of Israel: “Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God” (Ezra 8:21). King David had known this truth, as well, and said, “I humbled myself with fasting” (Psalm 35:13).